Financial Controller

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Financial Controller

Reports to:         Group Financial Controller
Our client is a leading renewable energy developer & provider of expert services into the renewable energy industry.

This is a highly commercial role working for a newly established Australian subsidiary of the Group company.  The Financial Controller will head the administrative functions for Australia operations including finance, facilities and procurement.  This role will be responsible for the management accounts preparation with interrogation and analysis along with budgeting, forecasting and treasury for all local activities.  The role will work closely with the [Head of Construction Australia], group finance, procurement and HR teams to manage and oversee the operation of the finance and administrative functions to implement financial control and provide support to both internal and external stakeholders.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure health and safety is at the forefront of all decision making
• Trusted business partner and financial support for senior client facing staff
• Timely and accurate preparation and review of results of Australian divisions
• Monthly presentations and challenge of results to executive teams
• Management and monitoring of client and supplier contract profitability
• Management of budgeting and forecasting processes
• Managing Australian statutory accounts and tax returns
• All local treasury and cash flows
• Process local invoices
• Manage local payroll process and procedures
• Work with auditors ensuring compliance with all regulations
• Company systems, databases, policies and procedures
• New supplier review and sign off
• Manage and control local procurement
• Negotiate and manage local insurance contracts
• Manage the local office

  
Experience: A qualified or part qualified accountant with a minimum of 3 years’ experience in industry. However, this role is also suitable for persons qualified by experience who demonstrate the key skills and experience required for this role.
Education: Accountancy body qualification (part qualified or qualified) CIMA/ACCA/ACA/AAT
Required Skills: 

• Awareness of health and safety requirements
• Confident Communication                    

Core competencies

Organisational Agility - Knowledgeable about how organisations work; knows how to get things done both through formal channels and informal networks, understands the origin and reasoning behind key policies, practices, and procedures; understands the cultures of organisations.
Priority Setting - Spends their and the time of others on what’s important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.
Cross-functional working - Understands why groups/individuals do what they do; picks up the sense of the group in terms of positions, intentions, needs and professional ability; what they value and how to influence them; can predict what they will do across different situations.
Managing Through Systems - Can design practices, processes, and procedures which allow managing from a distance; is comfortable letting things manage themselves without intervening; can make things work through others without being there; can impact people and results remotely.